New information coming out of the battle between ace broadcaster KKD and Ewuraffe Orleans-Thompson states that he raped her without protection (obviously no rapist has ever raped his victim with protection on), after which he told her that he would give her a contraceptive known as Postinor 2, an emergency pill usually taken after unprotected sex.
According to the medical report authored by Dr M. S. Akabua of the Police Hospital, the victim was previously not sexually active and that there were “…abrasions on both labia minora and majora, hyperemic redness at the external urethral opening and posterior part of the vaginal opening, Hymen torn at multiple places with pin point bleeding areas and the presence of spermatozoa.”
The victim’s cousin told Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD) when she heard her screams that the victim was a virgin, and the medical report appears to have confirmed it thus making the statement that the sex was consensual, as first told by the counsel of KKD, a bag of horseshit.
This was contained in the Bill of Indictment read on behalf of Cynthia Lamptey, the Acting Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) by state prosecutor, Malike Woanya, last Wednesday when the state was committing KKD for trial at the High Court for rape.
KKD was arrested by the airport police on the 27th of December, 2014 after he was accused by Ms Ewuraffe Orleans-Thompson, 19, for allegedly raping her in the bathroom of the African Regent Hotel. She had gone to the hotel with her cousin, Abena Konadu Owusu-Akyaw to witness a fashion show, ‘Rip The Runway Fashion Show’ when she met KKD at the hotel drop-off area while taking a stroll with her cousin and her cousin’s brother who was an event organiser at the show because the show had not yet started.
As they made their way out of the drop-off area, they met KKD who gave them compliments like ‘wow, what beautiful tall girls. You are ‘glamazons’ amongst other remarks (which I find to be very corny compliments if you ask me…SMH). Together they walked over to the hotel lobby where they met KKD’s cousin, Kofi Okyere Darko (KOD), and Benny Blanco, a TV personality, where he introduced them as his new friends.
Ms Woanya stated that after the exchange of pleasantries, KKD told the victim and her cousin that he would make them the faces of the Ghana Tourism Campaign after which a publicist by name Ameyaw Debrah, and KKD took photographs of them.
The accused with Ewraffe, Abena, Benny Blanco and KOD, later took a lift to a suite in the hotel.
The prosecution said in the living room, the victim and her cousin were offered drinks but they refused, and KKD then went to the washroom, came out, and invited Ewuraffe in to help him with his make-up.
According to the copy of Bill of Indictment in the possession of Daily Guide, “as soon as she entered the bathroom, the accused locked the door and pulled her by the hand, held her really close and started caressing her.
“She was alarmed and pulled away, but the accused got aggressive, turned her round and bent her over the wash-hand basin and tried penetrating her from behind.”
The complainant resisted, screamed and begged KKD, who had removed his pants, to leave her alone, adding that “she cried and begged the accused to let her go as she was a virgin and had not done anything like that before”.
The Bill of Indictment however stated that KKD’s overwhelming body weight on Ms Orleans-Thompson made it difficult for her to free her hands and push him away.
It said “since the accused refused to let her go, in trying to deter him, she asked if he (KKD) had a condom but he said he did not have a condom…she tried outwitting the accused by saying she would come over another time in order for him to let her go, but the accused did not budge’’, forcefully putting himself on her, and after finally succeeding to pull her pant down, penetrated her. After pleasuring himself, he handed her a tissue paper to wipe up, and told her to sit on the water closet to allow the blood to flow.
“The accused gave her more tissue to pad up as he washed his penis (and) promised to give her Postinor 2 to avoid pregnancy,” the document stated.
Postinor 2 is an emergency contraceptive used to prevent pregnancy when taken within 72 hours of unprotected intercourse. Postinor 2 however does not prevent a woman from catching sexually transmitted diseases.
The Bill of Indictment further revealed that shortly after, someone knocked on the door and KKD responded and also asked the complainant to be quick, insisting that “she tidied up and flushed the blood and stained tissue papers in the water closet and they went out.
The prosecution stated that, when they came out, Ewuraffe told Abena that KKD had raped her and while crying, narrated everything that had happened.
Anthony Forson Jnr, counsel for the accused, prayed the court to refuse to commit his client for the crime, arguing that they filed a document dated January 15, which they intended to rely on at the High Court.
“We intend to rely on this” he stated, referring to the victim’s withdrawal letter for the case to be discontinued. He said in a rape case, the evidence of the complainant was of an essence in the determination of the case, and in the situation where the first prosecution witness had withdrawn her interest; there would be no basis for the prosecution.
KKD’s lawyer stated that in the law on rape, there was the scandal and the burden of proof, explaining that in the burden of proof, the complainant must demonstrate before the court, the process of rape and later be cross-examined by the counsel for the accused.
He said the burden of proof would then be shifted to the accused, but in the case of his client, the complainant would not collaborate with prosecution for all these processes to take place.
Despite the spirited argument of the defense team, the trial judge committed the rather stunned KKD to stand trial at the High Court.
Mr Forson Jnr nonetheless served notice of a possible appeal, saying, “we intend to contest this ruling.”
An Accra High Court is, however, expected to commence trial of the case on March 18, 2015.
KKD is currently on bail, which he secured at the Human Rights Court on humanitarian grounds in the sum of GHȻ20,000 with two sureties after he had been on a 19- day remand at the Airport Police for the offence.
The court granted the bail because counsel for the accused person filed supplementary affidavits on January 6 and further affidavits on January 8, 2015 supported by a medical report.
This story is becoming more revealing as the days go by. Whatever it is, my thoughts are with the alleged victim, and of course I pray that justice take place.
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